Stupid energy policies create stupid results in Germany
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Stupid energy policies create stupid results.
Germany’s energy mental gymnastics are giving them a great cognitive dissonance workout.
“When renewable energy production hasn’t been viable” means when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine.”
But Germany refuses to state the obvious.
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“Despite closing its nuclear power plants to focus on renewable energy production, more than a fifth of imported electricity last month was produced from nuclear power.
Germany is importing more electricity than ever before after purchasing a record 6,505 gigawatt hours from abroad in August, according to the Federal Network Agency.
The federal government has replaced much of the electricity produced by its recently closed nuclear power stations with imported electricity, almost half of which was ironically produced using nuclear power and fossil fuels.
This resulted in a significant electricity trade balance deficit, with the country importing €557 million worth of electricity more than it exported to its EU neighbors last month.
Electricity imports typically occur through the construction of transmission lines or undersea cables that connect power grids across national borders.
The energy can be generated from various sources including hydroelectric, nuclear, fossil fuels such as gas and coal, or renewable energy.
And despite the German federal government seeking to prioritize renewable energy sources to generate power, evidenced by its policy decision to shut down the country’s remaining nuclear power plants earlier this year, 21 percent of the imported electricity last month was generated by nuclear power and 28 percent was generated by burning coal and gas, according to the Bild newspaper.
… Following the nuclear phase-out, much of Germany’s electricity has been produced through natural gas and coal-fired plants
●●●》when renewable energy production hasn’t been viable.